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Nehemiah Reese
17,692 PointsI am a beginner with treehouse no formal experience, Currently learning Swift and Xcode, how can the 2 make an app?
I'm a serious rookie but I have to figure this out!
2 Answers
Ryan Jin
15,337 PointsXcode is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that allows you to write program and compile it. And Swift is a programming language, but not really a software. So you open Xcode, and create a project that allows you to write Swift code, and you write Swift code, and then you can compile and build this project and turn it into an app that runs on your iOS Simulator, which is with Xcode. If you want to publish it onto the App Store or run it on an iOS device, I believe that you have to register for an Apple iOS developer account, which costs 99 dollars per year.
val osipenko
970 PointsWith the latest updates, you only need to sign up for the developer account if you plan on pushing to app store. You can load on device without it.
Nehemiah Reese
17,692 PointsNehemiah Reese
17,692 PointsThanks man! that was really useful to me! At first I was confused like "what does all this have to do with anything"? Now its making sense. Great Advice/Answer
Nehemiah Reese
17,692 PointsNehemiah Reese
17,692 PointsThanks man! that was really useful to me! At first I was confused like "what does all this have to do with anything"? Now its making sense. Great Advice/Answer